Anyone built their own wiring harness?, My '75 2.0 has a trashed harness Options

[aggiezig]

Hey everyone. New to 914's but not new to wiring harness(es). Curious if anyone out there has built their own harness?

Options for replacement right now look like either:

1. Paying out the a$$ for a beautiful, new harness from one of the companies manufacturing them. (This thread)
2. Purchasing a complete secondhand harness out of another car (HPH quoted me $950 + shipping for main harness).

But, I'm curious if anyone has ever taken the current flow diagrams or schematics and "made their own" harness? My current project has 65-70% of the original wiring in it, but has been trashed from rodents and the P/O cut the harness after the firewall.

I'm contemplating "rebuilding" the harness using what I have in the car and a wiring diagram as a template. Meaning, I'd label each wire, pull it all out, and build a new harness side-by-side with the old and diagrams as a guide.

Surely, I could do this for less in materials (obviously not counting my labor) than a new $2k+ complete harness?

[stugray]

I have a mostly complete harness that was removed from the car in one piece.
The front turn signals (warts) were cut out and the ignition switch removed and replaced with a switch.

It is otherwise complete with relay board and instrument cluster if it is any help to you for parts.

I have built my own entire harness but was for a race car so has about 1/10 the total wires as in a OEM harness.
But I drew it up, ordered parts, crimped, soldered etc. so I might be of some help if you go that route.